Hymn #1He is the valiant Son of Peace. Together we are the Sons of Oil, we are the kings and priests of the Lord. His seat is at Nob. He is a furnace and is the prophecy of God. He has come to spoil and to scourge. He is the scorpion of change. With him comes growth.

He is to be desired and we shall strive after him. Together we shall be our father’s brother. He tells me to be silent and become still. To prate, babble and to pray! To cut away the desire to be high, instead to increase, flow, and give up the ego. Embrace this lamb unto dizziness and happiness with great rejoicing.

Our Lord is our father; benefactor, cherisher, sustainer; teacher. He is the blooming freshness; the blossom-time, and the fruit. We entreat him to enter, to lead, and to bear us up during our trials.

O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

Monday, March 28, 2011

This outline is a general tract of the tarot trumps and their associated paths upon the Tree of Life; the powers attributed to their attainment, and suggested practices to acquire them. Overall it could be seen as a outline of work for the A:.A:., excluding the sepharoths themselves. Although the paths can be seen as the combination and equilibrium of the two sepharoth they connect. Further the paths are generally seen as dynamic and in flux as compared to the static state of the sepharoths, which is why "mastery" of these powers attributed is never complete but rather works in progress, on going and never ending.

Using the outline of the A:.A:. as given in One Star in Sight, the grades and levels align as below crossed referenced with Liber XIII.

Atu 20. Shin - The AeonThe Passage of the King’s Chamber. Liber H H H, section AAA. Meditations of death–waking, leading to the understanding of the unison between Fire and Spirit. A meditative form of Ritual CXX.

Path or Trump: Atu 18. Qoph - The MoonThe Divining of Destiny. Liber Memoriæ Viæ CMXIII. Liber XIII has for this path, Methods of Divination, which fits the power attributed, "The Divining of Destiny", so perhaps Liber LXXVIII would be more fitting.

Notes provided: Internally, Liber CMXIII refers the practice described to the grade of Adeptus Exemptus.

Zelator

Atu 19. Resh - The Sun The Illumination of the Sphere. Liber H H H, section MMM. A meditative reenactment of the inner operation of the Neophyte Ceremony, Ritual DCLXXI

Note: Section AAA is ascribed to Shin and Section MMM is ascribed to Resh. Where would Section SSS of Liber HHH fit?

Atu 4. Tzaddi - The EmporierThe Formulation of the Flaming Star. Liber V. The added notes with this document says it cannot refer to Liber V vel Reguli, which had not been written when Viarum Viæ was published. Could possibly be a reference to the Star Ruby. Regardless the Star Ruby or Liber V vel Reguli would be an adequate fit.

Atu 12. Mem - The Hanged ManThe Sleep of Siloam. Liber CDLI is assumed to be (The 15th Chapter of Liber CDXIV) Of Eroto-comatose Lucidity. A sexual method of trance.

Philosophus

Atu 13. Nun - Death The Preparation of the Corpse for the Tomb. Liber XXV. The Star Ruby.

Per the attached notes, The citation here makes no sense if Liber XXV is taken as being the Star Ruby. In Liber XIII it states, He is given a meditation-practice on the Senses, and the Sheaths of the Self, and the Practice called Mahasatipatthana.

Atu 10. Kaph - Fortune The Evocation of the Mighty Ones. Liber (???)

No name or number is given for the suggested practice. Liber XIII states: Instruction and Examination in Construction and Consecration of Talismans, and in Evocation. This along with the title, "The Evocation of the Mighty Ones" suggests possibly this was supposed to be the Goetia or even Liber Chanokh.

The Order of the R. C.

Adeptus Minor

Atu 8. Teth Adjustment The Passing of the Hall of the Balances. LIBER XXX AERUM, Vel Saecvli, Sub Figvra CCCCXVIII. Being of the Angels of the 30 Aethyrs THE VISION AND THE VOICE

Atu 6. Zain - The LoversThe Utterance of the Pythoness. Liber MCXXXIX. No such document that I know of.

Atu 2. Gimel - The PriestessThe Supreme Ecstasy of Purity. Liber LXXXIII. The only known Liber LXXIII is The Urn which post-dates Viarum Viæ by some years.

Atu 11. Lamed - Lust The Protection of the Sphere. Liber O. A case can be made for chapter IV, the rituals of the pentagram and hexagram, but due to the level of the grade, chapter III, assumption of godforms is assumed.